By Rigoberto Hernandez, Mission Local
Mission Local reporter Rigoberto Hernandez has been a pedicab operator for Golden Gate Pedicab for the past three years.
Jordan Polythress came to San Francisco from North Carolina a few months ago for his dream job: ferrying tourists around on a bike taxi. It may not sound sexy, but he likes it more than his previous jobs as a Christmas tree harvester, a whitewater rafter and combat medic in the Army Reserve.
Mission resident Polythress is one of hundreds of pedicabbers in San Francisco who work as contractors for one of three companies — San Francisco Pedicabs, Cabrio Taxi and Golden Gate Pedicab.
“When you break it down, all we are doing [is] moving people around in our tricycles,” he said. “But we like it.”
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